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CHARLIE FINCH ARCHIVES SIGNS OF LIFE ON WEST 23RD STREET by Charlie Finch 6/17/05 The latest developments on Chelsea's new gold coast. INVISIBLE MAN by Charlie Finch 5/18/05 Reading the secrets of Jasper Johns’ new "Catenary" series. AGAINST INTERPRETATION by Charlie Finch 5/17/05 New paintings by Malcolm Morley and Judy Ledgerwood. THE DECLINE AND FALL OF PAINTING by Charlie Finch 4/27/05 The bad stuff is everywhere. DANGER IS HER GAME by Charlie Finch 4/20/05 Laurel Nakadate takes liberties. TIME AND CHANGE by Charlie Finch 4/4/05 New work by Robert Gober, Beth Campbell, Kevin Landers and Wayne Adams. MAD MONEY by Charlie Finch 3/17/05 New works by Lane Twitchell, plus a peek into a dealer's back room. MORE, MORE, MORE! by Charlie Finch 3/10/05 At the 2005 Armory Show, a volcanic pressure to buy. TOOTHPASTE by Charlie Finch 3/2/05 Gobs of art materialize to chase gobs of money. THE MUSEUM COMES TO US: ART IN 2050 by Charlie Finch 2/2/05 The forthcoming digital art world. JOHNSON AND JOHNSON by Charlie Finch 1/26/05 Philip Johnson, 1906-2005. MORE AGROVATION by Charlie Finch 1/20/05 Brooklyn painter Chuck Agro's blue-collar esthetic. NEW YEAR, NEW STAR by Charlie Finch 1/7/05 Introducing the postmodernist minimalist Anthony James. CHRISTMAS SHOPPING by Charlie Finch 12/21/04 So little time, so much to buy. LOST AND FOUND by Charlie Finch 12/9/04 Dannielle Tegeder's dream landscapes. MOMA WITH TEARS by Charlie Finch 11/15/04 Moguls rule at the new Museum of Modern Art. CHEAP THRILLS by Charlie Finch 9/3/04 Previewing the hot stuff of fall 2004. DOES DE KOONING MATTER? by Charlie Finch 8/23/04 Taking the measure of the celebrated Abstract Expressionist. BEND IT LIKE BECKWITH by Charlie Finch 8/18/04 At American Fine Arts, Patterson Beckwith, our finest living photographer. THE TRUMAN SHOW by Charlie Finch 8/12/04 An art magazine from Condé Nast? ART AND THE PRESIDENCY by Charlie Finch 7/28/04 A grand subject no more. WHY WEST IS THE BEST by Charlie Finch 7/20/04 Easing into summer with Franz West's candy-colored sculptures at Lincoln Center. ALL ABOUT THE BOY by Charlie Finch 7/9/04 Brando and Reagan, together at last. PICKING AND CHOOSING AT THE MET by Charlie Finch 7/2/04 Hassam, Caravaggio, contemporary, more. BUILD, BABY, BUILD by Charlie Finch 6/23/04 If one of those ants stopped moving… LET ME STAND NEXT TO YOUR FIRE by Charlie Finch 6/3/04 Rough Justice for Saatchi and the YBAs? IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE by Charlie Finch 5/20/04 A mad market in troubled times. HALLEY AND HARKNESS: TWO PRISONERS by Charlie Finch 5/10/04 A veteran and an ingénue under the Mary Boone banner. RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE by Charlie Finch 4/23/04 A paean to painter Elizabeth Peyton THE SOUL OF THE KOONS MACHINE by Charlie Finch 4/14/04 Give the devil his due. THE FACTORY OF THE PAST by Charlie Finch 4/5/04 Identity is the siren call for young artists today. WHERE ARE THE OUTSIZE PERSONALITIES OF YESTERYEAR? by Charlie Finch 3/26/04 Art is inanimate -- and so are today's artists. HOT TOYS FOR THE WEALTHY by Charlie Finch 3/12/04 Good art for the wise, at the Armory Show in New York. HAVING A WILD WHITNEY by Charlie Finch 3/10/04 And a very conservative Biennial. A BAG IS A BAG IS A BAG by Charlie Finch 3/4/04 Alex Bag meets Paris Hilton. GRACE VERSUS GRUNGE by Charlie Finch 2/19/04 Junk expressionism rules the New York scene. ASSUAGING THE ANXIETY OF ART by Charlie Finch 2/5/04 The Whitney and yoga, now there's an idea. A LIFE WITHOUT ART by Charlie Finch 1/27/04 Houston Street, we have a problem. BROWN IS BEAUTIFUL by Charlie Finch 1/9/04 Iona Rozeal Brown opens at Spelman College in Atlanta. WILL MOMA LOSE ITS SOUL? by Charlie Finch 12/29/03 A new program for the Museum of Modern Art. THE FRAUDULENCE OF MURAKAMI by Charlie Finch 11/20/03 Let them eat handbags. DEFENDING JOHN CURRIN by Charlie Finch 11/10/03 Profound innovation makes him a "buy." HAVING A WILD WEEKEND by Charlie Finch 10/24/03 James Rosenquist, Julian Schnabel, Man Ray, Adam Stennett, Jackie Gendel, more. DIANE'S BLUES by Charlie Finch 10/16/03 Another look at Diane Arbus. LITTLE BIG MAN by Charlie Finch 10/8/03 The Mike Weiss story gets a new chapter. REFORMING THE AUCTION MARKET by Charlie Finch 9/15/03 A modest proposal. WILD IN THE STREETS by Charlie Finch 9/10/03 The fall art scene gets under way in Chelsea. WISH LIST FOR THE DOG DAYS by Charlie Finch 8/14/03 Suggestions for new Whitney Museum director Adam Weinberg. DECIPHERING BECKMANN by Charlie Finch 7/17/03 Spiritual transfiguration in Max Beckmann's work. TART AND SUCTION by Charlie Finch 6/19/03 A dyspeptic look at the new Art and Auction magazine. THE PASSION OF MAXWELL ANDERSON by Charlie Finch 6/11/03 A successor list grows in the art world. ONES IN LOVE WITH AMY by Charlie Finch 5/22/03 Amy Myers' shaman-like obsession with drawing. ART AND FASCISM by Charlie Finch 5/15/03 Don't check your judgment at the door. TWELVE WAYS TO LOOK AT A READYMADE by Charlie Finch 5/7/03 Marcel Duchamp's ever-mutating disciples. ARIEL PROSPERS by Charlie Finch 4/29/03 Photo dealer Ariel Meyerowitz opens in Chelsea. THE ESTHETICS OF IRAQ by Charlie Finch 4/15/03 A radical proposal for reshaping the Middle East. 'TIS A PUZZLEMENT by Charlie Finch 4/7/03 Girls on the prowl in Maria's Marshall's Puzzle Fit. THE NEXT BIG THING by Charlie Finch 4/2/03 Alex McQuilkin's provocative DVD performances. THE BIZARRO ART WORLD OF THE NEW YORK TIMES by Charlie Finch 3/21/03 Advertising advice for Chelsea dealers. THE ARMORY SHOW RUNS ITS COURSE by Charlie Finch 3/7/03 It was more fun at the Gramercy Hotel. WHEN YOUR FRIENDS MAKE ART by Charlie Finch 3/5/03 George Negroponte, Deborah Brown, Angelina Nasso, more. MATTHEW, MICHAEL AND MILLIONAIRE: A THREE-WAY by Charlie Finch 2/24/03 A parody for three characters. LIFE GETS HARDER SAYS MALERIE MARDER by Charlie Finch 2/18/03 The artist's new At Rest DVD premieres at Salon 94. PATISSE MICASSO by Charlie Finch 2/12/03 All sense of museoidentity disappears. MAYOR BLOOMBERG, ART MORON by Charlie Finch 2/5/03 The mindless indulgence of grotesque art circuses. THE WORLD BELONGS TO LISA by Charlie Finch 1/28/03 A studio visit with painter Lisa Ruyter. THOUGHTS ON THE PASSING SCENE by Charlie Finch 1/23/03 Kevin Landers, John Chamberlain, Tim Gardner, Jay Davis, Dan Kopp, Red Dot, Alex Katz, and more. MORE RACIST THAN TRENT LOTT by Charlie Finch 1/10/03 Apartheid in the art world. THE STATE OF CRITICISM, 2003 by Charlie Finch 1/6/03 A feckless, sorry, compromised one, to be sure. A SPRINKLING OF DIAMONDS by Charlie Finch 12/13/02 A wealth of new art in the Chelsea galleries. SHUFFLING THE DECKCHAIRS by Charlie Finch 12/10/02 Time for a new view of 20th-century art. JACKIE OH! by Charlie Finch 11/25/02 Jackie Gendel stands out at White Columns. SEAN ON MARINA by Charlie Finch 11/20/02 Dealer Kelly discusses artist Abramovic. LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS by Charlie Finch 11/15/02 An all-but-secret triumph from David Hammons. STARIN' AT KARIN by Charlie Finch 11/11/02 Candied colors from painter Karin Davie. HEART OF DARKNESS by Charlie Finch 11/7/02 Afrika's chilling installation recreates an Al Qaeda attack. ROBERTA REVIEWS ROBERTA by Charlie Finch 10/28/02 The biggest show in town. ART VERSUS EVIL by Charlie Finch 10/21/02 Art's role in troubled times. FOR SALE: THE OBJECT RETURNS by Charlie Finch 10/11/02 Paul McCarthy, Paul Feeley, Peter Cain . . . and Oriana Fallaci. MY FAVORITE ARTIST by Charlie Finch 10/4/02 Get ready for something new from Marina Abramovic. EMINENT DOMAIN by Charlie Finch 9/27/02 Tracey Emin should move to New York. IT IS TIME, ONCE AGAIN, TO KILL THE PAST by Charlie Finch 9/20/02 For 10 years, contemporary art has been the vanguard of youthful expression in the arts. THE QUEEN RETURNS by Charlie Finch 9/13/02 Mary Boone opens two new shows. BORED TO TEARS by Charlie Finch 9/11/02 Artforum celebrates ten years under editor Jack Bankowsky. A WALLOW IN THE HOLLOW by Charlie Finch 9/3/02 Infections of the international curatorial weltanschauung. ART VS. THE ARTIST by Charlie Finch 8/23/02 Remembering Larry Rivers. CRISIS IN CONTEMPORARY? by Charlie Finch 8/16/02 If enough paint falls in the forest, and nobody is there to buy it... PRELUDE TO 9/11 by Charlie Finch 8/2/02 Afrika to present Al-Qaeda tape from Chechnya. THE 21st-CENTURY MUSEUM by Charlie Finch 7/24/02 Hanging on the edge of a sharp precipice. BASEBALL'S OBSCURE OBJECTS OF DESIRE by Charlie Finch 7/10/02 A slow game in a fast world. BOFFO MOMA QNS SRO FOR MADDING CROWD by Charlie Finch 6/28/02 A report from the June 27 opening. LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ART by Charlie Finch 6/27/02 For the summer in New York, Kelly Lamb's Love Not Lost. REMEMBERING HOLLY SOLOMON by Charlie Finch 6/19/02 A fond farewell to the pioneering art dealer. MATTHEW BARNEY: THE BIG LIE by Charlie Finch 6/11/02 Is the Cremaster Creator a Charlatan? FOR THE BIRDS by Charlie Finch 5/28/02 On Ed Ruscha's 1960s aviary. MONEY, MONEY, MONEY by Charlie Finch 5/21/02 Collector choices in the market for photography and new art. NICE BRICE, MEET CRUISIN' SUSAN by Charlie Finch 5/17/02 New paintings from Susan Rothenberg and Brice Marden. FROM HARLEM TO MOMA by Charlie Finch 5/7/02 The beautiful Harlem Flophouse, plus intrigue at MoMA. THE ABSTRACT IMPERATIVE by Charlie Finch 4/25/02 An argument for the continuing importance of abstract art. ART AND STARDOM by Charlie Finch 4/12/02 Julian Schnabel and the century of celebrity. VIDEO CHOICES by Charlie Finch 3/29/02 Kiki Seror, Annika Larsson, Jeremy Blake, Jonathan Calm. LEO: WHAT'S HAPPENING? by Charlie Finch 3/21/02 Keonig's downtown success story. A WHITNEY DRINKING SONG by Charlie Finch 3/14/02 Or, Gertrude's Lament. THE PRISONERS OF SEX by Charlie Finch 3/7/02 New shows in New York by Cecily Brown, Kiki Seror, Su-en Wong and Vanessa Beecroft. SWEET ARMORY by Charlie Finch 2/22/02 Better than ever in 2002. GOODNIGHT, MoMA by Charlie Finch 2/21/02 The Gerhard Richter retrospective closes out a pre-expansion MoMA. WAITING FOR GERHARD by Charlie Finch 1/30/02 Gerhard Richter yearns for the eternal return. TURN 'EM LOOSE, BRUCE by Charlie Finch 1/14/02 Bruce Nauman maps the studio. IT'S A NEW DAWN by Charlie Finch 1/7/02 What's up in the art world in 2002. DEE GLASOE GETS NEW by Charlie Finch 12/11/01 Chelsea's best-kept secret. MY OWN PRIVATE BIENNIAL by Charlie Finch 11/28/01 A response to Larry Rinder's list. THE CHIEF by Charlie Finch 11/12/01 The fireman in the window of Deitch Projects. WHAT NOW? by Charlie Finch 10/26/01 Going through the motions in the center of world contemporary art. IS WESTERN CULTURE WORTH FIGHTING FOR? by Charlie Finch 10/4/01 Time to restore the songs of New York. DAY OF TERROR by Charlie Finch 9/20/01 Art news from the front. OPENING NIGHT by Charlie Finch 9/7/01 The new art season opens in New York. PUBLIC BENJAMIN by Charlie Finch 8/30/01 Benjamin Edwards paints the autoscape. THE NEW SEASON by Charlie Finch 8/14/01 Contemporary galleries drive the art world. VIDEO KILLED THE INTERNET STAR by Charlie Finch 7/27/01 Quiet is the video event of the summer. TEA FOR THIEBAUD by Charlie Finch 7/20/01 A bakery, full of creamy pies. HICKEY THE PHONY by Charlie Finch 7/16/01 The art crowd eats it up. LOUISE by Charlie Finch 6/28/01 A poem for Louise Bourgeois' spiders at Rockefeller Center. AGAINST CATTELAN by Charlie Finch 6/19/01 Maurizio Cattelan's lounge act. THE GEM IN THE BACK by Charlie Finch 6/6/01 A gang of girls takes over Silverstein Gallery. AMENABLE ANGEL by Charlie Finch 5/24/01 The visual confections of East Los Angeles artist Eduardo Sarabia. BAD ART MAKES A COMEBACK by Charlie Finch 5/8/01 How "branding" perpetuates painterly stasis. A NIGHT TO REMEMBER by Charlie Finch 5/2/01 A Rosenquist is a Rosenquist is a Rosenquist. Or is it a Koons? LOOKING DOWN ON MAN'S BEST FRIEND by Charlie Finch 4/23/01 Deborah Brown's canine paintings at Cheryl Pelavin. TWO ESKIMOS by Charlie Finch 4/4/01 The cold new world of Will Cotton and Damian Loeb. SIGNS OF LIFE ON 26TH STREET by Charlie Finch 3/23/01 New work by Justine Kurland and Maria Marshall in West Chelsea. HERE, MY DEAR, VERMEER by Charlie Finch 3/13/01 A poem for the old Dutch treat. THIRSTY FOR GURSKY by Charlie Finch 3/2/01 The Museum of Modern Art's retrospective of German photog Andreas Gursky. INVASION OF THE ARMORY by Charlie Finch 2/23/01 The Armory Show 2001 opens in New York, Feb. 22-26. LEO AND LISA, LATHER AND LIGHT by Charlie Finch 2/15/01 New paintings by Lisa Ruyter at Leo Koenig in Tribeca. NORMAN DUBROW GIVES IT AWAY by Charlie Finch 2/2/01 A profile of the savvy contemporary art collector. STEVE MUMFORD PAINTS A PICTURE by Charlie Finch 1/12/01 A day in the life of New York art, 2001. ART WILL SURVIVE, AND THRIVE, ON THE NET by Charlie Finch 1/4/01 Contemporary art has a rosy future on the Internet. GREETINGS FRIENDS by Charlie Finch 12/22/00 Once more Santa rides his sleigh... KRENZYMANDIAS by Charlie Finch 12/15/00 I met a curator from antique land... RAUSCHENBERG'S LONG GOODBYE by Charlie Finch 12/8/00 Robert Rauschenberg's "Apogamy Pods." THE GREATEST SHOWMAN IN ART by Charlie Finch 12/4/00 Jeffrey Deitch gives us Vanessa Beecroft, Wang Du, more. MARY BOONE'S CHELSEA TRIUMPH by Charlie Finch 11/16/00 An A-list space for an A-list dealer. BLUES FOR ERIK PARKER by Charlie Finch 11/3/00 Where my dogs at? JUDD'S TWILIGHT QUEST FOR PERFECTION by Charlie Finch 10/26/00 Challenging assumptions about American Minimalism. CLOSED ENDS AT MOMA by Charlie Finch 10/24/00 The new installation at the Museum of Modern Art comes signed and sealed. A SOVIET FLYBOY PINES FOR THE WILSON SISTERS by Charlie Finch 10/6/00 For Jane and Louise. THE SLOW DEATH OF DAMIEN HIRST by Charlie Finch 10/4/00 Hirst goes down the garden path to chaos. WINSOME ART STAR by Charlie Finch 9/21/00 The Saint Reverend Jen combats the bourgeois blues. BRUTAL NUDES by Charlie Finch 9/18/00 David Smith's "Last Nudes" at Gagosian in New York. THE REVOLUTION BEGINS IN THE NUDE by Charlie Finch 9/8/00 Katy Grannan's "Dream America" photographs. SEASON'S GREETINGS by Charlie Finch 9/6/00 The New York art world starts afresh. PAT HEARN by Charlie Finch 8/21/00 A poem in memory of the late dealer. METAMORPHOSIS IN CHELSEA by Charlie Finch 8/11/00 Enjoying the New York art world's summer of success. HOW TO FIRE A MOMA DIRECTOR by Charlie Finch 7/28/00 One solution to the PASTA strike. GE-GNOMES by Charlie Finch 6/30/00 Creating souls for third-millennium machines. PUPPY CHOW by Charlie Finch 6/16/00 A poem on Jeff Koons' new topiary at Rockefeller Center. MOMA SHITS PASTA by Charlie Finch 6/5/00 A few words on the staff strike at the Museum of Modern Art. WILD KINGDOM by Charlie Finch 5/23/00 Is Steve Mumford any good? Plus, a quiz. MR. KITSCH by Charlie Finch 5/19/00 A poem on the occassion of "1900" at the Guggenheim Museum. FABRICATION: SLAVERY OF THE ART WORLD? by Charlie Finch 5/11/00 All those poor artist's assistants. HOWL AGAIN! by Charlie Finch 4/26/00 A poem on Vanessa Beecroft and the art world's encounter with the military. STRANGE TIMES IN DEITCHLAND by Charlie Finch 4/14/00 Avant-garde adventures of art dealer Jeffrey Deitch. PIPILOTTIPOETRI by Charlie Finch 4/11/00 A verse from Artnet's poet laureate on the occasion of Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist's first solo show in New York. BYE BYE, BIENNIAL by Charlie Finch 3/29/00 A poetic look at the big Whitney show. THE DUCHAMP SOCIETY by Charlie Finch 3/24/00 A peculiar review of Francis Naumann's new study of Marcel Duchamp. SENSURRONDINONE by Charlie Finch 3/22/00 Ugo Rondinone's mesmerizing videodrome at Matthew Marks. SOCK IT TO ME AGAIN AT P.S.1 by Charlie Finch 3/3/00 "Greater New York" hits Long Island City. HAVE AIRBRUSH, WILL COTTON by Charlie Finch 2/25/00 Paintings for the sweet tooth by the New York City artist. ONE MORE THOUGHT ON CECILY BROWN by Charlie Finch 2/18/00 A look at the paintings. ALEX BAGS TAYLOR WOOD by Charlie Finch 1/28/00 Time for a tea party. THOUGHTS ON CECILY'S OPENING by Charlie Finch 1/14/00 A poem. 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